2-year-old Killed, Dad Injured In Fire

April 07, 1985

A 2-year-old boy was killed and his father was injured in a fire Saturday morning that destroyed their four-bedroom apartment in the western suburb of Hodgkins. Dustin Bell was found by firefighters in a bedroom of his family`s apartment in the 16-unit brick apartment building at 6024 Lenzi Ave., said Capt. Richard Danielson of the Pleasantview Fire Department. The boy was pronounced dead from a combination of burns and smoke inhalation at 9:20 a.m. in Community Memorial General Hospital, La Grange. The boy`s father, Gilbert, was treated for smoke inhalation and was listed in good condition in the hospital. Danielson said that five other family members were unable to reach the boy because of the smoke and heat that forced them to flee the apartment. The fire, still under investigation, was confined to the Bell apartment.